Metrolingualism: Language in the City

by Emi Otsuji and Alastair Pennycook

Book Overview

This book is about language and the city. Pennycook and Otsuji introduce the notion of 'metrolingualism', showing how language and the city are deeply involved in a perpetual exchange between people, history, migration, architecture, urban landscapes and linguistic resources. Cities and languages are in constant change, as new speakers with new repertoires come into contact as a result of globalization and the increased mobility of people and languages.

Metrolingualism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415831652
• ISBN13: 9780415831659
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"